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Hello,

I am not sure I am posting this in the right place.

Alexandre WANDROBE (VANDROBE and also VARDROBE, WARDROBE) was a trader in Saint-François (Guadeloupe, French West Indies). He passed away in 1810 on the plantation of Mister FRENCH (whose father, John FRENCH, was born in Galway).

https://www.geneanet.org/registres/view/361206/1

According to his death record, he was a native of Scotland in England (I guess that the officer meant in Great Britain).

He was a widower.

His wife died on November 2d 1807 (same place).

https://www.geneanet.org/registres/view/363115/26

Suzanne Marie CLARK, a native of Pilley, "province" of Pudamtpton, England. She was about 39 years old.

The register is a copy

Where is Pilley ? It is the same place as this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilley,_Hampshire ?

Alexander WANDROBE gave her freedom to a slave called Théotisse (also Théotiste), probably in 1793. Her son Jean Baptiste got baptized on July 19th 1793 and the record mentions his manumission three days earlier. In the 1797 census, Theotiste LIBERAL is a steamstress and lives with her three sons and a servant in the village center.

28/JUL/1788 baptism record of Marie Léone, daughter of Christine

https://www.geneanet.org/registres/view/359375/3

Godfather Alexandre WARDROBE, major de la place et négociant de la ville de Roseau île Dominique (Roseau in Dominica).

Godmother Marie Léone LIBERAL (she is also Jean Baptiste's godmother). Marie Léone LIBERAL is the daughter of André LIBERAL, a trader from Bayonne.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-126win?view=text

The Charles Winstone letterbook, 1777-1786, contains the business correspondence of Winstone, attorney general and planter in Dominica during and after the American Revolution.

In the list of recipients of letters : Alexander WARDROBE

Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825books.google.fr › books
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David Dobson · 1984 · ‎Affichage d'extraits
TROUVÉ À L'INTÉRIEUR – PAGE 118
( RD5.227.363 ) WARDROBE JOHN Last will and testament of John Wardrobe , physician in Dominica . ... Christina Wardrobe , a free girl of colour , natural daughter of his brother Alexander Wardrobe , deceased ; John Wardrobe , a free boy ...


Monumental Inscriptions in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, ...books.google.fr › books
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Sir James Balfour Paul · 1915 · ‎Affichage d'extraits
TROUVÉ À L'INTÉRIEUR – PAGE 79
... his son ; Alexander , Jean and Barbara Wardrobe , and Mr. Alexander Wardrobe , Lieutenant in the 43rd Regiment of Foot ... Esquire , and third daughter of Mr. David Wardrobe , died at Roseau in the Island of Dominica 6th May 1811 .

Is there a way to know more about Alexander WARDROBE (from Edinburgh ?) and his wife Suzanna Mary CLARK ?

I wonder if they married in the West Indies or in England.

Thanks for your help.

Hello,

I recently discovered that my ancestress Jeanne PARIS was the daughter of Jacques PARIS and Françoise RUFFIEUX (see here http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=775490.0).

What would be the English version of their names ? Jacob and Frances PARIS or James and Frances PARIS ?

Looking for the baptism record of Jane PARIS on Familysearch, I found this one

Jane Paris

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
baptism : 31 october 1751
SHOBDON, HEREFORD, ENGLAND
father : James Paris
mother: Frances

There is also

Frances in 1747 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDW4-FNL
SHOBDON,HEREFORD,ENGLAND
Elisabeth in 1749 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5SF-9ZZ
SAINT ANNE SOHO,WESTMINSTER,LONDON,ENGLAND
John in 1754 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDW4-FNL
ST. JAMES', WESTMINSTER, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND

The three of them are children of a James PARIS and his wife Frances. Not sure it's one single family yet.

What do you think ?

David

Hi,

Who is able to read this signature in Chinese in a 1863 record ?

Thank you

David

Hi,

I don't know if I am in the right place and if it's even useful. I would like to list the British subjects I find in France during my own queries.

For example, today, I found the

birth record of Elisabeth Victoria EDWARDS, born on December 8th 1840 in Chantilly (Oise), daughter of George EDWARDS (piqueur au service de son altesse royale monseigneur le duc d'Orléans, domicilié à Chantilly bâtiment des Grandes écuries) and Elisabeth ARNULL EDWARDS his wife. One of the witnesses is Edgar PAVIS, 27 years old, jockey au service du duc d'Orléans, a friend.

death record of Wiliam Chichester EDWARDS in Pléneuf-Val-André (Côtes d'Armor), dead on August 22th 1826. He was 38 years old, lieutenant de vaisseau de la marine britannique. Parents William EDWARDS and Elisabeth CHICHESTER. He is a native of Bonristaple province du Devonshire. I honestly can't read the name of his birthplace. I guess it's Barnstaple.

birth record of William Charles Louis EDWARDS in Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais) on June 7th 1843 (born the day before), son of William George EDWARDS, 36 years old, rentier, and Marie Clara MALCOLM, 38 years old, his wife.

birth record of Amelia EDWARDS in Guingamp (Côtes d'Armor) on November 16th 1861 (born the day before), daughter of James EDWARDS, 40 years old, propriétaire, and Rebecca Elizabeth GLIDDON, 39 years old, propriétaire

death record of Clements Georges EDWARD(S) in Lamballe (Côtes d'Armor) on June 7th 1858. Born in Jersey, single, rentier. He was 61 years old.

birth record of Elle Victoria DODD in Lamorlaye (Oise), on May 25th 1899 (born the day before), daughter of James Théodore DODD, 29 years old, jockey, and Loïs FLATMAN, 26 years old, sans profession. Witnesses George WITCHERLEY, 44, jockey, and Jean COOKE, 30, jockey.
The next record is the death record of Albert William JONES, son of George Albert JONES, 26, palfrenier, and Eugénie Alphonsine Charlotte LETELLIER

Marriage record In Lamorlaye (Oise) on April 26th 1898. George Albert JONES and Eugénie Alphonsine Charlotte LETELLIER. Born in Kinsnigton Town, arrondissement de Londres, son of William JONES and Sarah JONES.

Hi,

I am French and I am looking for the family of my ancestress Jane PARIS. She was born circa 1750. She passed away in 1814 in a tiny village called Chalvraines (Haute-Marne, France) where her husband bought a property during the French Revolution. Unfortunately, her death record doesn't mention nor her birthplace, neither the names of her parents. Her husband, Jean Louis LEFEBURE, died in the same village in 1830.
He was born in 1749 in Triel-sur-Seine (Yvelines, France) and was a twin son of Jean Baptiste LEFEBURE (1706-1758), a merchant born in Rouen, and Louise Elisabeth DELEVEMONT (Triel 1712 - Triel 1792).
His family is very Catholic and a brother of Louise Elisabeth DELEVEMONT, Jean Nicolas DELEVEMONT (1709-1761) was a priest. Their father, Jean Nicolas DELEVEMONT (1682-1763) was a royal officer and their grandfathers Jean DELEVEMONT (1651-1709) and Marin TREHEUX served the royal family. Marin TREHEUX was a valet of the Queen and after her death in 1683 he became a valet of King Louis XIV.
Before the French Revolution Jean Louis LEFEBURE and Jeanne PARIS used to live in Paris. The records of Paris are almost all lost because of The Commune of Paris in 1871. Around 1774, they got a daughter Françoise Louise Jeanne LEFEBURE.
In 1771, they had a son, Jean Louis Nicolas LEFEBURE, baptized (Catholic faith) in Triel-sur-Seine.
Jean Louis LEFEBURE was a goldsmith and a jeweler.
In a will, his aunt  Marie Louise Elisabeth DELEVEMONT mentions his wife as her English niece and as a matter of fact they got married in London (Saint-Anne Soho, Westminster) in 1769. 
John Lewis LEFEBURE and Jane PARIS both of this parish were married in this Church by Banns the 18th day of July 1769
Witnesses : Margrit COPPIN et John ELCOCK.
Her signature is Jane PARIS.
It seems that she was a Protestant.
That's all I know about her. It's a brick wall.

David